Thermostat and timer to control baseboard heater
#1
12-01-16, 09:30 AM
Thermostat and timer to control baseboard heater
Hi all,
First of, I'd like to give this post as a reference, which was very helpful:
http://www.doityourself.com/forum/el...r-timer.html#b
I'd like to have a timer in addition to my thermostat that controls a 10ft baseboard electric heater, which runs at about 2500 watts, or even a little more.
The purpose is that I want the heater to turn off after a certain period of time, regardless the temperature, in case I forget to turn it off.
Would the post above fit this purpose?
Thank you.
First of, I'd like to give this post as a reference, which was very helpful:
http://www.doityourself.com/forum/el...r-timer.html#b
I'd like to have a timer in addition to my thermostat that controls a 10ft baseboard electric heater, which runs at about 2500 watts, or even a little more.
The purpose is that I want the heater to turn off after a certain period of time, regardless the temperature, in case I forget to turn it off.
Would the post above fit this purpose?
Thank you.
#2
12-01-16, 10:10 AM
Group Moderator
We can work something out.
So what would you want for the timer.... a countdown type like in the referenced post ?
The baseboard is 240v ?
You could use a much smaller and easier to use relay. The one in the following link gets mounted to a junction box where the baseboard wiring is.... maybe at the main panel.
Aube Technologies
So what would you want for the timer.... a countdown type like in the referenced post ?
The baseboard is 240v ?
You could use a much smaller and easier to use relay. The one in the following link gets mounted to a junction box where the baseboard wiring is.... maybe at the main panel.
Aube Technologies
#3
12-01-16, 11:00 AM
I really don't know if it's 240v. There's no label or anything. I'm assuming it is just because it's 10 feet long.
The relay you suggested seems to have a steep price though. $45
If itvcan be done on the cheap side, much better.
The relay you suggested seems to have a steep price though. $45
If itvcan be done on the cheap side, much better.
#7
12-01-16, 03:35 PM
Group Moderator
That wiring would suggest a 120v heater as only one leg is switched but many times only one hot leg is switched. So we can't tell based on your picture.
In that other thread the timer was probably $20-25 and the contactor around $25-30 so I don't know how cheap you can do it for. It's also dependent on where the relay/contactor would go. What wiring is needed.
In that other thread the timer was probably $20-25 and the contactor around $25-30 so I don't know how cheap you can do it for. It's also dependent on where the relay/contactor would go. What wiring is needed.
Last edited by PJmax; 12-02-16 at 09:24 AM. Reason: typo
#10
12-02-16, 07:30 AM
Aactually two wires not cables but I would expect to see a black and a white wire. Pros are going to have to deal with that.
You have two whites wirenutted together at the thermostat which indicates a 2-conductor cable with black and white wires in and a simialar 2-conductor cable out. Are you sure that is the correct breaker?
You have two whites wirenutted together at the thermostat which indicates a 2-conductor cable with black and white wires in and a simialar 2-conductor cable out. Are you sure that is the correct breaker?
#11
12-02-16, 09:28 AM
Group Moderator
The two wires in the breakers are stranded. They are most likely spliced somewhere as the wiring that appears at the thermostat is NM(solid).
#13
12-02-16, 12:55 PM
What I'm sure of is that this breaker cuts electricity to the baseboard heater AND also to an AC unit elsewhere in the house. If there's a secondary breaker just for the heater, that I don't know.
#17
12-03-16, 05:11 PM
You were right! The AC plug says 240! And the plug's connectors aren't parallel.
The ac goes into an outlet connected to the same breaker as the heater.
The ac goes into an outlet connected to the same breaker as the heater.
#18
12-07-16, 04:42 AM
Hi all,
Now that I know the baseboard heater is 240v, any ideas on how to add a timer to the thermostat to control the heat both by temperature and time?
Thanks to the help of this forum I got to the point where it seems that using a relay and a regular timer may work.
But what type of relay should I use?
Thanks!
Now that I know the baseboard heater is 240v, any ideas on how to add a timer to the thermostat to control the heat both by temperature and time?
Thanks to the help of this forum I got to the point where it seems that using a relay and a regular timer may work.
But what type of relay should I use?
Thanks!
